Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was Precondition. Many load lots and large groups. Good demand. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.35/cwt on 1,029 head.

Average price

$175.35

1,029 head · 723 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,267

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$193

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$36.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.17

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	709	177.80	1,261	925
Medium and Large 1-2	637	167.42	1,066	49
Large 1	1,029	141.25	1,453	55

One grade step is worth $36.55/cwt here — about −$193 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,029 hd

175.35

—

IA average6 barns · 1,941 hd

165.19

+10.17

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

36 lots · USDA AMS · Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	209.55/cwt	198.00–216.00	997	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	194.31/cwt	189.00–204.00	1,123	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	238.69/cwt	228.00–241.00	859	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	786	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	695	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	945	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,126	121.52/cwt	120.00–122.50	1,368	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	694	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,287	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	144.11/cwt	136.50–145.00	1,177	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	165.96/cwt	150.00–168.25	1,346	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	173.23/cwt	164.50–177.00	1,258	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	217.27/cwt	207.00–223.00	919	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	172.07/cwt	167.50–177.50	1,155	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,196	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	152.01/cwt	151.00–153.00	1,037	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	167.39/cwt	155.00–168.25	1,279	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	203.89/cwt	197.00–219.00	1,068	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	155.13/cwt	152.50–156.25	1,367	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	667	166.15/cwt	166.00–166.20	1,108	44
Steers	Large 1	—	1,029	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	1,453	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	190.76/cwt	181.00–199.50	1,188	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	175.23/cwt	166.00–183.00	1,013	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	175.38/cwt	175.00–177.50	1,108	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	162.02/cwt	154.00–165.00	1,005	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	181.74/cwt	176.00–194.00	772	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	169.90/cwt	165.00–174.50	894	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	160.25/cwt	157.00–164.00	1,096	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	165.65/cwt	160.00–170.00	967	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	175.14/cwt	170.00–181.00	848	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	141.91/cwt	138.25–143.25	1,220	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	998	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	156.28/cwt	148.00–160.00	838	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	706	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	147.21/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,054	61

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Fri Apr 22, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,929Last week 2,931Year ago 4,221

Special Calf & Yearling Sale. No comparison today, as the last sale was Precondition. Many load lots and large groups. Good demand. Active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	476	198.00–216.00	209.55
56	—	578	189.00–204.00	194.31
17	—	360	228.00–241.00	238.69
217	—	811	150.00–168.25	165.96
29	—	726	164.50–177.00	173.23
26	—	423	207.00–223.00	217.27
62	—	671	167.50–177.50	172.07
75	—	764	155.00–168.25	167.39
77	—	524	197.00–219.00	203.89
193	—	881	152.50–156.25	155.13
121	—	623	181.00–199.50	190.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	808	148.00	148.00
8	—	682	151.00–153.00	152.01
13	—	578	166.00–183.00	175.23
20	—	632	175.00–177.50	175.38
3	—	517	154.00	154.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,029	141.25	141.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	162.00	162.00
3	—	695	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,126	120.00–122.50	121.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	323	215.00	215.00
23	—	936	137.50	137.50
33	—	817	136.50–145.00	144.11
42	—	620	154.00–165.00	162.02
43	—	425	176.00–194.00	181.74
92	—	526	165.00–174.50	169.90
93	—	684	157.00–164.00	160.25
146	—	584	160.00–170.00	165.65
43	—	484	170.00–181.00	175.14
39	—	860	138.25–143.25	141.91
5	—	351	201.00	201.00
61	—	716	141.00–148.00	147.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	667	166.00–166.20	166.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	150.00	150.00
4	—	414	166.00	166.00
17	—	536	148.00–160.00	156.28

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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